whats in my bug out kit and WHY?

on to my next part the " man purse"



1) Co2
2) chem lights
3)condoms. great for water proofing and if your good you can start fires with them
4)multi tool
5)sealed bbs( again I will get to this )
6)magnisium stick
7)electrical tape
8)fire starter ( cotton & vasiline)
9)knife sharpener
10)gatorade
11) magnifing lens
12)extra surefire batteries
13) map of my bug out location

medical gear



1) minor surgical kit
2)emergency water
3)wound irrigation syringe
4)numerious sizes of sterile bandages,
5) medical tape
6) IV needles
7) IV tubing (not pictured)
8) IV bag (not pictured) yes I know how to push an IV I was trained in the Marine Corps
9)glove





OK i promised I would explain why I have 2 pellet guns in my pack , you may be thinking , HMM why does a US marine not have real steal? well its simple
if SHTF how many of you are going to go to your gun? alot right well thats just it you are relying on that weapon instead of your skill level.

2nd firearms are registered which means if gun confiscation happens, those of you with legal guns are first on the list.

3rd those of you with firearms ( most not all) are only thinking of protecting your family , not actully hunting with them , if you have to go hunt with that ar-15 you have are you really going to hunt a squirrel or rabbit with it ? i dont think so , there would be nothing left right? lol and you have sound to contest with , untill things calm down you may not want to go out hunting with that big powder weapon for fear of giving away your postion to others , be it the GOVT. or others who mean to take your stuff. and that 30.06 you have that you went rabbit hunting with, and missed ? the sound probably just scared all animal life for the next few hours or so .

4th CHEAP AMMO!! pellets are so dirt cheap that you can get a tin of 500 for about 6 bucks and what other weapon can you carry 1000 rounds in your pocket?


please dont take my advice as gospil I have been trained to use minimal gear and I have had to make choices about what I would use and not use, what can I aquire , what can perform more then one task for me other than wieghing myself down with a ton of gear that I wont need.

I welcome your comments or questions . and thanks for reading my long post

yes I have extra C02 plus the rifle is a break barrel

yes I can grab water and purify it thats what the steripen is for

Yes I have something for self defence besides the pellet rifle/pistol


TO Drobs as far as my age im 29 and experience I was on the 26th MEU in 2003 when OIF started and was one of the first units on the ground in APRIL, then I was back in iraq in 2004 stationed at hiditha, alasad, ramadi. tikrit. fallujah TWICE among other places. I have done humanitarian assistance in Monrovia. trained with the norweigens, azurbajian's , libyrians. have been to cold weather survival, mountain warfare, scout swimmer school, combat life saver course, assault climbers school and as a US Marine my primary MOS was 0311 with my secondary MOS being 8541 (now called 0317) look it up

it looks to me that your locations is in the sandbox so for that keep your head down and stay safe

with that being said, How dare you come at me and question my motives. every single peice of my gear has been tested and selected for my purposes. I rigoursoly go to the seirra nevada mtns. every weekend with friends to etheir go rock climbing or back packing.

since you wanted to get into a ****ing match with the new guy lets go there. you work(ed) as a contractor in Iraq? and you were army reserves during a piece time? pleas tell me what the hell your qualifications are to second guess my gear choices? I come on this forum in good faith because i liked it and this is how I get treated ? you go ahead and teach them MR. ARMY OF ONE I have done my time and done it proudly/ so for the sake of the forum and linguistics respect .

kiss my grits army!

Arliegh you raise great points. first let me work from the bottom up

Archery . yes very deadly for use against human and big game alike .but as a competetive archer you must understand that unkown distance will be your enemy, in any instence you must be able to judge distance accuratley as that will be your worst thing to overcome regaurdless of your wepon of choice.

I have looked into pcp guns however you have a few options, cost is very high in some of them , you can run them on co2 or air. both have advantages and disadvangages , or you can use a pump.

air requires a pump or a scuba tank ( not lugging one of those around)
and co2 requires you to refill or have a lot with you.

mine is a benjamin trail NP meaning nitro piston. can stay cocked for monthes with out adverse problems. yes springs do wear out and break down . that is why i opted for a nitro piston. as far as caliber goes , i would not get anything below a .22 cal.
a .177 is high velocity yes but it lacks stopping power in small game , be very weary of manufacturers stating 1000-1200 fps as this is only accomplished with pellets of a low weight like say a 4.5 Grn pellet but what they do not tell you is that with the increase in velocity you are trading for a DEcrease in accuracy. and my friends accuracy is your best friend so you have to find a happy medium in that you have a high velocity with high accuracy, but thats not all you must also account for muzzle energy at the target, it does you no good to fire 800 fps with extreme accuracy if the projectile feels like a paper ball struck the target.

first thanks for your service. I'm quite sure that if I were face to face with many of you I would have no problem conveying why i feel the way i do about my gear, but since this is the internet, i can not convey what is behind the words that I am typing.

i have said many times and even in the title of my thread this is MY bok and Why I have the items chosen , i have never made the claim that I have the best kit, instead of posting pics and letting others tell me what should or should not be in it , I instead chose to explain why i put certain items in .

again in my post (first) i did say that my pack is not complete and is expanding , so please can you and the others get off your high horse and keep the replies relevent? i see why your forum has many new people quit your forum.

notice this is not an attack on you , i think it starts with people jumping to conclusions and making assumptions about people before getting all the relavent information.

again I would like to thank you for your service as well but come on people is this really what this thread has turned into ?